SPE Production & Operations
Volume 27, Number 1, February 2012

Hydraulic-Fracture-Height Growth: Real Data

Kevin Fisher and Norm Warpinski, SPE, Pinnacle--A Halliburton Servicepp. 8-19Preview | PDF ( 6,005 KB )    Rights & Permission

Hydraulic Fracture Crossing Natural Fracture at Nonorthogonal Angles: A Criterion and Its Validation

H. Gu, X. Weng, J. Lund, M. Mack, U. Ganguly, and R. Suarez-Rivera, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 20-26Preview | PDF ( 1,314 KB )    Rights & Permission

Using Real-Time Downhole Microseismic To Evaluate Fracture Geometry for Horizontal Packer-Sleeve Completions in the Bakken Formation, Elm Coulee Field, Montana

Darien G. O'Brien, SPE, Solutions Engineering; Robert. T. Larson Jr., SPE, Ronald C. Parham, SPE, and Blane L. Thingelstad, SPE, Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation; William W. Aud, SPE, and Richard A. Burns, SPE, Integrated Petroleum Technologies Inc.; and Leen Weijers, SPE, Pinnacle/Halliburtonpp. 27-43Preview | PDF ( 8,066 KB )    Rights & Permission

Inflow-Control-Device Design: Revisiting Objectives and Techniques

Ali Daneshy, Daneshy Consultants International; Boyun Guo, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; and Vitaly Krasnov and Sergey Zimin, Rosneftpp. 44-51Preview | PDF ( 1,550 KB )    Rights & Permission

From Operations to Desktop Analysis to Field Implementation: Well and ESP Optimization for Production Enhancement in the Cliff Head Field

Z.F. Dholkawala, SPE, Advanced Well Technologies Pty. Ltd.; S. Daniel and B. Billingsley, SPEpp. 52-66Preview | PDF ( 7,207 KB )    Rights & Permission

Pushing the Boundaries of Concentric-Coiled-Tubing Technology To Resurrect Subhydrostatic Gas Wells on an Unmanned Offshore Installation

Ann Davies, SPE, and Matthew Dunning, BP Exploration Company; and Mike Kuchel, SPE, Tony Roberts, and Michael Taggart, SPE, Baker Hughespp. 67-77Preview | PDF ( 7,353 KB )    Rights & Permission

Inversion of Distributed-Temperature-Sensing Logs To Measure Zonal Coverage During and After Wellbore Treatments With Coiled Tubing

P.M.J. Tardy, SPE, P. Ramondenc, SPE, X. Weng, SPE, R. Burgos, SPE, F. Baez, SPE, and K. Yekta-Ganjeh, SPE, Schlumbergerpp. 78-86Preview | PDF ( 1,071 KB )    Rights & Permission

Critical Oil Rate and Well Productivity in Cold Production From Heavy-Oil Reservoirs

Boyun Guo and Deli Gao, China University of Petroleum; and Chi Ai and Jianfang Qu, SPE, Northeast Petroleum University, Chinapp. 87-93Preview | PDF ( 409 KB )    Rights & Permission

Well-Performance Relationships in Heavy-Foamy-Oil Reservoirs

R. Kumar and J. Mahadevan, SPE, University of Tulsapp. 94-105Preview | PDF ( 863 KB )    Rights & Permission

Application of the Bergman-Sutton Method for Determining Blend Viscosity

Robert P. Sutton, Marathon Oil Company, and David F. Bergman, BP Americapp. 106-124Preview | PDF ( 3,727 KB )    Rights & Permission